# std::strchr

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Defined in header `<cstring>` |  |
const char* strchr( const char* str, int ch ); |  |
char* strchr( char* str, int ch ); |  |

Finds the first occurrence of the character static_cast<char>(ch) in the byte string pointed to by str.

The terminating null character is considered to be a part of the string and can be found if searching for '\0'.

### Parameters

str | - | pointer to the null-terminated byte string to be analyzed
ch | - | character to search for

### Return value

Pointer to the found character in str, or a null pointer if no such character is found.

### Example

Run this code

    #include <cstring>
    #include <iostream>

    int main()
    {
        const char* str = "Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.";
        char target = 'T';
        const char* result = str;

        while ((result = std::strchr(result, target)) != nullptr)
        {
            std::cout << "Found '" << target
                      << "' starting at '" << result << "'\n";

            // Increment result, otherwise we'll find target at the same location
            ++result;
        }
    }

Output:

    Found 'T' starting at 'Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.'
    Found 'T' starting at 'There is no try.'

### See also

memchr | searches an array for the first occurrence of a character (function)
find | finds the first occurrence of the given substring (public member function of `std::basic_string<CharT,Traits,Allocator>`)
wcschr | finds the first occurrence of a wide character in a wide string (function)
strrchr | finds the last occurrence of a character (function)
strpbrk | finds the first location of any character from a set of separators (function)
C documentation for strchr

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